New Jersey: Sign shapes and colors Practice Test
What each sign shape and color tells you before you read it.
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "New Jersey Driver Manual" (2026), New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC).
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What color do traffic engineers use for pedestrian crossing and bicycle warning signs?
- Blue or brown with white letters
- Yellow-green or standard yellow
- Orange or green with black letters
- Red or white with a black border
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Correct answer: Yellow-green or standard yellow
Pedestrian crossing and bicycle warning signs use an optional yellow-green or standard yellow color; they alert motorists to share the road with pedestrians and bicyclists and yield to them.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 213 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 213)
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Traffic signs are divided into which three basic categories?
- Warning, guidance and regulatory
- Local, state and federal
- Stop, yield and speed
- Permanent, temporary and seasonal
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Correct answer: Warning, guidance and regulatory
Signs fall into three basic categories: warning signs, guidance signs and regulatory signs.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 213 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 213)
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Which category of traffic signs regulates traffic speed and movement?
- Guidance signs
- Warning signs
- Motorist service signs
- Regulatory signs
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Correct answer: Regulatory signs
Regulatory signs regulate traffic speed and movement.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 213 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 213)
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What is the purpose of warning signs?
- To warn of hard-to-see hazards ahead
- To guide you to a destination by its route
- To show where services such as gas are
- To set the speed limit on a road
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Correct answer: To warn of hard-to-see hazards ahead
Warning signs warn motorists of hazards ahead that are difficult to see.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 213 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 213)
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In the manual's chart of sign colors and shapes, what message does a brown rectangular sign give?
- Construction and maintenance warning
- Public recreation and scenic guidance
- Motorist services and information
- Regulation, such as posted speed limits
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Correct answer: Public recreation and scenic guidance
The manual's sign chart lists brown rectangles (4 sides) for public recreation and scenic guidance.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 214 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 214)
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Which kind of message do green, four-sided rectangular signs give?
- Public recreation and scenic guidance
- Direction guidance
- Regulation, such as speed limits
- School zone warning
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Correct answer: Direction guidance
The manual's sign chart lists green rectangles (4 sides) for direction guidance.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 214 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 214)
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What does a yellow, pennant-shaped (three-sided) sign warn you about?
- A railroad crossing ahead
- Road construction
- A school zone
- A no-passing zone
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Correct answer: A no-passing zone
The manual's sign chart lists the yellow pennant (3 sides) as the shape used for no-passing warning signs.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 214 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 214)
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The yellow five-sided (pentagon) sign shape is used for which signs?
- School signs
- No-passing warning signs
- STOP signs
- Railroad crossing signs
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Correct answer: School signs
The manual's sign chart lists the yellow pentagon (5 sides) as the shape used for school signs.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 214 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 214)
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A round yellow sign is used for which purpose?
- Regulatory speed limit information
- Warning of a no-passing zone ahead
- Railroad crossing advance warning
- Warning of a school zone ahead
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Correct answer: Railroad crossing advance warning
The manual's sign chart lists round yellow signs for railroad crossing advance warning.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 214 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 214)
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Which sign shape is used for STOP signs only?
- Octagon
- Pentagon
- Pennant
- Triangle
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Correct answer: Octagon
The manual's sign chart lists the red octagon (8 sides) as used for STOP signs only.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 214 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 214)
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What color and shape are warning signs?
- White rectangle with black letters and border
- Orange triangle with a red border band
- Yellow diamond with a black symbol or words
- Blue square with white letters on it
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Correct answer: Yellow diamond with a black symbol or words
Warning signs are yellow and diamond-shaped with a black symbol or word message.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 214 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 214)
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Motorist service signs, which give information about motorist services, have:
- White letters on a green background
- Black letters on an orange background
- White letters or symbols on a blue background
- Black letters or symbols on a yellow background
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Correct answer: White letters or symbols on a blue background
Motorist service signs have white letters or symbols on a blue background and provide information about motorist services.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 215 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 215)
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Regulatory signs are generally:
- Pennant-shaped with black wording on yellow
- Diamond-shaped, with black wording on a yellow background
- Vertical rectangles with black wording on white
- Square with white wording on a blue background
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Correct answer: Vertical rectangles with black wording on white
Regulatory signs are generally rectangular, with the longer dimension vertical, and have black wording and border on a white background.
Source: New Jersey Driver Manual (2026), page 215 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 215)